A longtime member of Brainshark’s leadership team, Flynn was previously the company’s senior vice president of products and services.

In his role as president, Flynn will oversee Brainshark’s sales, marketing, services, product, engineering and IT functions.

Flynn has more than 25 years of experience in the software industry. Prior to co-founding Brainshark, he served as director of professional services for Progress Software Corp.

He holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of New Hampshire.

The company also appointed Mike McEachern of Canton executive vice president and chief financial officer.

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The Hospitality Insurance Group in Westborough recently promoted Sandra B. Haley of Hopkinton senior vice president of underwriting and marketing.

Haley, who previously served as vice president of underwriting and marketing, has more than 31 years of experience in the insurance industry. Before joining Hospitality Insurance Group, she served as commercial lines underwriting manager for Harleysville Insurance Co. in Worcester. Before that, she served as assistant vice president at Allied American Insurance Agency in Natick. She also served in various executive positions at Lumber Insurance Companies in Framingham.

She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter, Certified Insurance Counselor and Certified Risk Manager.

The company also hired Stephanie M. Connon of West Roxbury as vice president of claims operations and Eric F. Piurkowski of Southington, Conn., as vice president of finance and chief financial officer.

Kaon Interactive, a Maynard-based provider of interactive 3D product marketing applications, recently appointed Ed DeArias of Sudbury senior vice president of sales and John Heffernan of Dedham executive director of client services and operations.

With these appointments, DeArias and Heffernan join Kaon’s executive team.

A technology sales veteran DeArias will be responsible for driving all sales programs and revenue for the company. He has extensive experience in expanding sales in a variety of industries, broad expertise in implementing strategic solutions for large enterprise accounts and leadership ability to build high growth sales teams, the company stated.

DeArias worked in sales and marketing leadership roles for companies such as IBM, Sitara Networks, Lightbridge and Nokia. He was most recently vice president of global sales and services for Z Corp.